Hadn’t realized Kim had been around that long. He’s a journeymen American who occasionally comes up with a decent result, but has never really broken through.

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His high ranking of No. 63 came in 2005. But it’s been a steady drop.

Two yers ago he was at No. 91. A year ago he was No. 148 and today he’s down to No. 342.

Except for an attempt at the Oz Open qualies (when his ranking was No. 261 – a second-round loss to Andrej Martin, who lost to Milos Raonic in the final round), he’s been on the Challenger circuit. But he’s not stringing too many match wins together.

Only once did he get past the second round, making the quarters in Rimouski (defeating Peter Polansky in the second round).

Kim’s junior career in the U.S. was a pretty good one; he won the boys’ 18 nationals in 1996, beating Bob Bryan in the final.